Darwin G. Caldwell

28.8k total citations · 3 hit papers
695 papers, 19.6k citations indexed

About

Darwin G. Caldwell is a scholar working on Biomedical Engineering, Control and Systems Engineering and Mechanical Engineering. According to data from OpenAlex, Darwin G. Caldwell has authored 695 papers receiving a total of 19.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 496 papers in Biomedical Engineering, 279 papers in Control and Systems Engineering and 145 papers in Mechanical Engineering. Recurrent topics in Darwin G. Caldwell's work include Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (296 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (221 papers) and Robotic Locomotion and Control (192 papers). Darwin G. Caldwell is often cited by papers focused on Prosthetics and Rehabilitation Robotics (296 papers), Robot Manipulation and Learning (221 papers) and Robotic Locomotion and Control (192 papers). Darwin G. Caldwell collaborates with scholars based in Italy, United Kingdom and Switzerland. Darwin G. Caldwell's co-authors include Nikos G. Tsagarakis, Sylvain Calinon, Claudio Semini, Gustavo A. Medrano‐Cerda, Petar Kormushev, Michele Focchi, Leonel Rozo, Amir Jafari, Jody A. Saglia and Emanuele Guglielmino and has published in prestigious journals such as SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología, Annals of Internal Medicine and Scientific Reports.

In The Last Decade

Darwin G. Caldwell

671 papers receiving 18.9k citations

Hit Papers

Design of HyQ – a hydraulically and electrically actuated... 2010 2026 2015 2020 2011 2015 2010 100 200 300 400
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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. Design of HyQ – a hydraulically and electrically actuated quadruped robot
    2011 476 citations Claudio Semini, Nikos G. Tsagarakis et al. profile →
  2. Variable Stiffness Actuators: Review on Design and Components
    2015 324 citations Darwin G. Caldwell, Nikos G. Tsagarakis et al. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics profile →
  3. Learning and Reproduction of Gestures by Imitation
    2010 318 citations Sylvain Calinon, Darwin G. Caldwell et al. profile →

Peers

Darwin G. Caldwell
Zhijun Li China
Antonio Bicchi Italy
Nikos G. Tsagarakis Italy
Chenguang Yang China
Aaron M. Dollar United States
Alin Albu‐Schäffer Germany
Bruno Siciliano Italy
Blake Hannaford United States
Sami Haddadin Germany
Mark R. Cutkosky United States
Zhijun Li China
Darwin G. Caldwell
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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Darwin G. Caldwell

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Darwin G. Caldwell. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Darwin G. Caldwell based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Darwin G. Caldwell. Darwin G. Caldwell is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Pistone, A., et al.. (2025). Tendon-Driven Hyper-Redundant Manipulators: A Review on Design Solutions. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 30(5). 3852–3867. 1 indexed citations
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Pistone, A., et al.. (2025). Alternative Solutions to Tendon-Driven Hyper-Redundant Manipulators: A Review on Design and Actuation Strategies. IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. 30(5). 3938–3952. 2 indexed citations
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Azam, Muhammad Adeel, et al.. (2024). Auto-CALM: Autonomous Computer-Assisted Laser Microsurgery. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 6(4). 1423–1435.
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Park, Daegeun, et al.. (2023). Stat of the Art in Wearable Wrist Exoskeletons Part II: A Review of Commercial and Research Devices. Preprints.org. 4 indexed citations
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Cheng, Zhuoqi, et al.. (2021). Vision-Guided Autonomous Robotic Electrical Bio-Impedance Scanning System for Abnormal Tissue Detection. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 3(4). 866–877. 11 indexed citations
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Focchi, Michele, Stéphane Caron, Gennaro Raiola, et al.. (2020). Feasible Region: An Actuation-Aware Extension of the Support Region. Institutional Research Information System (Università degli Studi di Trento). 26 indexed citations
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Caldwell, Darwin G., Francesco Mora, Luca Guastini, et al.. (2020). 5G Robotic Telesurgery: Remote Transoral Laser Microsurgeries on a Cadaver. IEEE Transactions on Medical Robotics and Bionics. 2(4). 511–518. 31 indexed citations
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Peretti, Giorgio, Matteo Trimarchi, Nikhil Deshpande, et al.. (2020). Operating From a Distance: Robotic Vocal Cord 5G Telesurgery on a Cadaver. Annals of Internal Medicine. 173(11). 940–941. 28 indexed citations
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Barresi, Giacinto, et al.. (2017). Haptic Feedback for Control and Active Constraints in Contactless Laser Surgery: Concept, Implementation, and Evaluation. IEEE Transactions on Haptics. 11(2). 241–254. 13 indexed citations
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Laffranchi, Matteo, Lisha Chen, Navvab Kashiri, et al.. (2014). Development and control of a series elastic actuator equipped with a semi active friction damper for human friendly robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 62(12). 1827–1836. 54 indexed citations
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Malekzadeh, Milad, Sylvain Calinon, Danilo Bruno, & Darwin G. Caldwell. (2014). Learning by imitation with the STIFF-FLOP surgical robot: a biomimetic approach inspired by octopus movements. 1(1). 13–13. 2 indexed citations
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Havoutis, Ioannis, Jesús Ortiz, Stéphane Bazeille, et al.. (2013). Onboard perception-based trotting and crawling with the Hydraulic Quadruped Robot (HyQ). 6052–6057. 45 indexed citations
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Barasuol, Victor, Jonas Buchli, Claudio Semini, et al.. (2013). A reactive controller framework for quadrupedal locomotion on challenging terrain. 2554–2561. 129 indexed citations
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Godage, Isuru S., David T. Branson, Emanuele Guglielmino, & Darwin G. Caldwell. (2012). Pneumatic muscle actuated continuum arms: Modelling and experimental assessment. 4980–4985. 46 indexed citations
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Guglielmino, Emanuele, et al.. (2010). Power hydraulics - switched mode control of hydraulic actuation. 3031–3036. 21 indexed citations
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Tsagarakis, Nikos G., Matteo Laffranchi, Bram Vanderborght, & Darwin G. Caldwell. (2009). A compact soft actuator unit for small scale human friendly robots. Dépôt institutionnel de l'Université libre de Bruxelles (Université Libre de Bruxelles). 4356–4362. 189 indexed citations
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Brown, Michael, Nikos G. Tsagarakis, & Darwin G. Caldwell. (2003). Exoskeletons for human force augmentation. Industrial Robot the international journal of robotics research and application. 30(6). 592–602. 27 indexed citations
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Gray, J.O. & Darwin G. Caldwell. (1996). Advanced robotics & intelligent machines. 2 indexed citations
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Caldwell, Darwin G., et al.. (1991). Practical Robustness Testing for Helicopter Flight Control Systems. 3 indexed citations

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